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CARFAX - New & Used Cars

Shop for new and used cars with confidence

by CARFAX, Inc.

iPhone · iPad · Android

Active Last checked 31 Aug 2026

Quick verdict

What it is
The CARFAX app allows users to shop for new and used cars, save their favorites, and get alerts when the price drops. It also provides free CARFAX Vehicle History Reports and allows users to compare listings and read dealership reviews.
Best for
  • someone who wants to buy a used car
  • someone who wants to research cars
At a glance
  • Free (App Store) · Free (Google Play)
  • In-app purchases

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Key functions

Function Availability Access Scope Evidence
Free app Yes Free Store published
In-app purchases Yes Limited free Store published
Price alerts Yes Unknown From listing

Screens

12 store screenshots

CARFAX - New & Used Cars ipad screenshot 1
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7 store screenshots

CARFAX - New & Used Cars android screenshot 1
CARFAX - New & Used Cars android screenshot 2
CARFAX - New & Used Cars android screenshot 3
CARFAX - New & Used Cars android screenshot 4

Pricing & paywalls

  • 1 CARFAX Report — $49.99
  • 10 CARFAX Report — $274.99
  • 15 CARFAX Report — $399.99
  • 2 CARFAX Reports — $69.99
  • 20 CARFAX Report — $499.99
  • 4 CARFAX Reports — $119.99
  • Free to download

Ratings & reviews

4.9 368002 ratings · App Store

  1. 5/5Missing important functionality that website has

    Updated Review: Developers have already fixed the one major issue I had with the app, that’s amazing service. Who ever they hired to make this app is doing a great job. Thank you! Older Review: Nice responsive app, feels like the website. A 2-star is a harsh rating given how clean this is but I’m hoping it will get the developers attention so they can address this one small issue. 🐛Bug Report🐛 Description: When visiting my favorites list for a used vehicle, I cannot highlight text to copy from the vehicles details page but I can from the web app. This seems like an easy fix, if you can correct this I will bump up my review. I like to copy/paste the VIN to get additional details about vehicles / quickly find them on the dealers site. Device: iPhone 11 Pro Max Platform: iOS 14.3 ✅Feature Requests - Nice to haves ✅ 1) It would be great if I could write notes about a favorited vehicle. I have to export the listings to a spreadsheet for note taking capability which is a shame. It’s very useful when your trying to narrow down a search. 2) It would be great if you had a “not interested” selection so I could forever block certain vehicles from appearing in future searches. I’ve seen this implemented on some realtor sites / apps. It’s a rare but awesome feature.

    BruceGgg · 30 Aug 2026

  2. 2/5Not my favorite

    Two things that really annoy me about this app. It gives you a save button to save a search. But nowhere on the app is there a place to go to and select the searches that you saved. I went into the hamburger menu. I clicked on my profile. I re-clicked the safe button. I held down the safe button. After trying this so many times it told me that I had exceeded the maximum number of times that I could save a search (10). I wasn’t trying to save a search. I was trying to find the searches that I had saved. And now the app won’t let me search anymore because something in its logic says the whole thing is filled up. Even if I don’t save a new search, it won’t let me create it. Yes, I tried shutting down the app and restarting it. I guess this app is linked somehow to the online version of the program. I will probably go online and find all of my saved searches. This is extremely poor programming. Everything should be intuitive in the user interface of the app. There should be no guest work. The other thing that annoys me is that you can only search for one type of vehicle at a time. Other apps allow you to create a search with multiple makes and multiple models within a make. This app makes you create multiple searches, which you save, but you cannot exceed 9. If you save 10, the app stops working.

    FenFamWill · 31 Jul 2026

  3. 1/5Review for use of finding cars

    Finding cars is easy. But it’s got cars that have over 115k miles goin for the price of a car that shouldn’t have that many miles at all in that price range. They wanted $18,k+ for a car with 114k miles. A car with 49k miles should be worth that $18k-$25k market. Not one with 114k miles anyway all the cars and trucks are over priced. Lowest I saw was $15k not even worth it. And then adding tax and other fees to purchase the car it’s crazy. Know what a car is worth before getting this app or you will end up over paying and upside down. Luckily the internet should give you a well balanced idea of whatever car your looking for is worth. Carfax should give you a free report but they seem to want money for it when they are always saying ask for the car fax when buying a car. You can’t do this if you have to pay to see the report. It’s always the highest priced report your going to want. So it’s like do you want to take a peek for $20 ? Or get the full report for X amount ? If there to help you with the history it should be upfront when you need it and not charged for it. Anyway I can go on and on about this. You get the idea. Carfax just make it worth the customers time make it free. So people can see if that’s the car they want or not. If they can’t get it free they will end up buying a flooded car or some other lemon. No one wants that and you want to be the people go to right ? I would use carfax all the time if the report was free to help me decide on the car. Help is help. But help is not help when a few is attached to it. And again I could go on and on and talk about both sides about fees and no fees. But I guess I better cut this review short before it gets to long.

    DBGs LLC · 30 Aug 2026

  4. 1/5Removal of other “users interested”

    I’ve been using this app for quite some time to search for vehicles, and it was one of my go-to tools for navigating the car market. However, the latest update has completely ruined the experience and, quite frankly, seems like a blatant attempt to manipulate the market to favor sellers at the expense of buyers. The app’s decision to remove the ability for buyers to see how many people are interested in a vehicle is a massive misstep. This feature was crucial for gauging a vehicle’s popularity and understanding the market demand. Without it, buyers are left in the dark, unable to make informed decisions. This is not only frustrating but feels like an intentional move to create a false sense of scarcity, enabling sellers to inflate prices further. By removing this feature, the app has effectively turned itself into a playground for opportunistic sellers. With buyers unable to judge the market fairly, sellers can now jack up prices without any fear of losing out to competition because the demand is now entirely obscured. It’s a blatant disregard for transparency and fairness, and it leaves users at a significant disadvantage. To make matters worse, this move comes off as highly anti-consumer. It almost feels like the app developers are more interested in catering to sellers, perhaps to boost their own profits through increased transaction volumes or commission fees, rather than ensuring a fair and transparent marketplace. If you’re a buyer looking for a fair shot at purchasing a vehicle at a reasonable price, I’d recommend steering clear of this app until they undo this ill-advised change. Until then, this app has lost my trust.

    sndjdhs · 30 Aug 2026

  5. 1/5I don’t believe their rapport yet

    I bought a used 2022 Toyota Sienna from a dealer and was given a Carfax report on the car that said it was clean. But that only made me pay attention because the car turned out to be painted. I understand that not everything can be reflected and people can hide something, but still, if their report is so expensive and means absolutely nothing, because you should still take the car to people who know about it or a mechanic, and check everything thoroughly, then their report in this case is worthless, it does absolutely nothing, just wastes your time, money and makes you a little blind. I no longer trust their report, and even before that I wrote to their support, and even after I discovered the problem, they cannot enter it into the car's history so that it would be reflected in the report in the future, but they do not do that. The conclusion is that their report is worthless and a car inspection for almost $50 will simply waste your money and will not provide any reassurance or eliminate the need to have your car inspected by professional mechanics or people who know how to do it.

    kh33ccccccc · 30 Aug 2026

4.7 34037 ratings · Google Play

  1. 5/5

    This is the one app you'll ever need.

    Gerardo Del Villar · 1 Aug 2026

  2. 3/5

    not a lot to choose from

    Linda Futrell · 1 Aug 2026

  3. 1/5

    Not always accurate and too expensive.

    Brian Hummingbird · 1 Aug 2026

  4. 1/5

    new version doesn't easily let you search the service history records. you can only browse. don't waste your time . I'll need to export somehow. update from July 30 won't open file browser to upload receipts. still trash. once I export data. I'm done with this.

    Wm Brian Savacool · 1 Aug 2026

  5. 5/5

    I'm just waiting for my favorite one to be done but all in all I'm enjoying but sad that I haven't won money

    Carol Nunez · 1 Aug 2026

Privacy & accessibility

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Accessibility

  • Dark Interface — SUPPORTED Store published
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Versions

  • 6.52.1

    Say hello to a fresh new app icon featuring the Car Fox. Got feedback? We'd love to hear from you! Share your feedback directly with our team by using "Send Feedback" under the More tab.

  • 6.52.2

    Say hello to a fresh new app icon featuring the Car Fox. Got feedback? We'd love to hear from you! Share your feedback directly with our team by using "Send Feedback" under the More tab.

  • 6.53.0

    Thanks for choosing CARFAX for your car search! Got feedback? We'd love to hear from you! Share your feedback directly with our team by using "Send Feedback" under the More tab. This update includes: Misc. bug fixes and enhancements.

  • 6.54.0

    The latest version lets you access the cars you’ve recently viewed right from the homepage—so you can easily pick up where you left off. We’d love your feedback—just tap “Send Feedback” under the More tab.

  • 6.54.1

    The latest version lets you access the cars you’ve recently viewed right from the homepage—so you can easily pick up where you left off. We’d love your feedback—just tap “Send Feedback” under the More tab.

  • 6.55.0

    Thanks for choosing CARFAX for your car search! Got feedback? We'd love to hear from you! Share your feedback directly with our team by using "Send Feedback" under the More tab. This update includes: Misc. bug fixes and enhancements.

  • 6.56.0

    With our latest update: You can now see which cars you’ve already viewed right from the Search Results Page. We are also launching a fresh new look for the Vehicle Display Page, with a bigger focus on car images in the gallery. We’d love your feedback! Just head to the “More” tab and tap Send Feedback to share your thoughts.

  • 6.57.0

    The latest update includes improvements to the Payment Calculator. It now reflects current market interest rates and factors in loan terms for more precise payment calculations.

  • 6.58.0

    Thanks for choosing CARFAX for your car search! Got feedback? We'd love to hear from you! Share your feedback directly with our team by using "Send Feedback" under the More tab. This update includes: Misc. bug fixes and enhancements.

  • 6.59.0

    Thanks for choosing CARFAX for your car search! We’d love to hear your thoughts — you can share feedback with our team anytime by using Send Feedback under the More tab. With this update, every car on CARFAX iOS app comes with a FREE CARFAX Report.

  • 6.59.1

    Resolved an issue where the vehicle detail page was being laid out incorrectly for some users. We’d love to hear your thoughts — you can share feedback with our team anytime by using Send Feedback under the More tab. With this update, every car on CARFAX iOS app comes with a FREE CARFAX Report.

  • 6.60.0

    Thanks for choosing CARFAX for your car search! Got feedback? We'd love to hear from you! Share your feedback directly with our team by using "Send Feedback" under the More tab. This update includes: Misc. bug fixes and enhancements.

  • 6.60.1

    Thanks for choosing CARFAX for your car search! Got feedback? We'd love to hear from you! Share your feedback directly with our team by using "Send Feedback" under the More tab. This update includes: Misc. bug fixes and enhancements.

  • 6.61.0

    What’s New This update focuses on performance improvements and general enhancements to make your vehicle search faster and more efficient. Have feedback? We’d love to hear it! Find the Send Feedback link under the More tab.

  • 6.62.0

    What’s New This update focuses on performance improvements and general enhancements to make your vehicle search faster and more efficient. Have feedback? We’d love to hear it! Find the Send Feedback link under the More tab.

  • 6.63.0

    What’s New? This update focuses on performance improvements and general enhancements to make your vehicle search faster and more efficient. Have feedback? We’d love to hear it! Find the Send Feedback link under the More tab.

  • 6.63.1

    What’s New? This update focuses on performance improvements and general enhancements to make your vehicle search faster and more efficient. Have feedback? We’d love to hear it! Find the Send Feedback link under the More tab.

  • 6.64.0

    What’s New? This update focuses on performance improvements and general enhancements to make your vehicle search faster and more efficient. Have feedback? We’d love to hear it! Find the Send Feedback link under the More tab.

  • 6.65.0

    What’s New? This update focuses on performance improvements and general enhancements to make your vehicle search faster and more efficient. Have feedback? We’d love to hear it! Find the Send Feedback link under the More tab.

  • 6.66.0

    What’s New? This update focuses on performance improvements and general enhancements to make your vehicle search faster and more efficient. Have feedback? We’d love to hear it! Find the Send Feedback link under the More tab.

  • 6.66.1

    What’s New? This update focuses on performance improvements and general enhancements to make your vehicle search faster and more efficient. Have feedback? We’d love to hear it! Find the Send Feedback link under the More tab.

  • 6.67.0

    What's New - Recent Searches now on Homepage! Recent Searches are now available directly from the home page. Continue your search with one tap. This release also includes bug fixes and performance improvements.

  • 6.68.0

    What's New New in this release: a redesigned More tab where you can quickly access your Followed Cars and Saved Searches. Also includes bug fixes and minor improvements.

  • 6.68.1

    What's New New in this release: When available, you can now view dealer fees and vehicle price history by tapping "Show Price Details" on the Vehicle Details Page.

  • 6.69.0 · 21 Jul 2026

    What’s New? This update focuses on performance improvements and general enhancements to make your vehicle search faster and more efficient. Have feedback? We’d love to hear it! Find the Send Feedback link under the More tab.

  • 6.69.1

    What’s New? This update focuses on performance improvements and general enhancements to make your vehicle search faster and more efficient. Have feedback? We’d love to hear it! Find the Send Feedback link under the More tab.

  • 6.70.0

    What’s New? This update focuses on performance improvements and general enhancements to make your vehicle search faster and more efficient. Have feedback? We’d love to hear it! Find the Send Feedback link under the More tab.

  • 6.71.0 · 26 Aug 2026

    What’s New? This update focuses on performance improvements and general enhancements to make your vehicle search faster and more efficient. Have feedback? We’d love to hear it! Find the Send Feedback link under the More tab.

  • 6.47.1 · 28 Jul 2026
  • 6.49.0 · 25 Aug 2026

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